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Apr 7, 2013

Upcycle and recycle tires

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Here comes spring! Upcycle you winter tires into something beautiful!

All right. We can say that winter ends and soon it’s gonna
be time to change your tire from winter to summer. The question is: What should
I do with the old one. If they’re not so used yet so you can spare them to the next year but… What if they are? Forget
about throwing away! Forget about going to the recycling center! Here comes
some brilliant ideas how to upcycle old tires into amazing and sometimes
completely unuseful things! Just take a look!

Upcycle tire belt

Great! In one of the latest posts I wrote about cycle clocks and now here comes some cycle tire belt! Cyclis are gonna love my blog! On Etsy shop Tirebelt you can find many, many more such a wonderful belts. This one is handmade of rare BMX cycle tire. Every belt made by Tire belt are an ucique piece. You can be sure that you won't find in H&M store! "The used bicycle tire comes form many Berlin's bike shops were they was ready for the dump"- we can read in the product describtion.

Armor made of upcycle tire tubes

This incredible armor inspired of Joan d'arc took total 50 hours for artis Grace Duval to make. "This suit of armor is a historical replica of a traditional suit of armor that was worn during the 15th Century in France. Inspired by the heroic tale of Joan of Arc, this suit of armor is a direct replica of a suit of armor that might have been worn by Joan of Arc." wrote artist on her site .

Upcycle tire table

I've found it here . Seems like a great DIY idea to make. And really simple as well. If you wonder why there are holes in the plexiglas? Here comes the answer: because th table is made as a play table for kids. "This way the boys can reach down into the tubes to store their cars and trains." Clever, isn't it?

Tire Art by Wim Delvoye

What do you think how long it took for the artist to make one of them? How amazing high skill levels and precise you should be to make such a tire? Btw. You just have to see the website http://www.wimdelvoye.be/ You're gonna be surpised!

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